Gopal Roy v. The State Of West Bengal

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI APPELLATE SIDE 27.02.2023. C.R.M. (NDPS) 224 of 2023 90/tkm In Re:- An application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with Matigara P.S case no.258 of 2022 dated 21.2.2022 under section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the NDPS Act.

In the matter of : Gopal Roy ... Petitioner Mr. Chandan Jha ...for the Petitioner Mr. Aditi Shankar Chakraborty Mr. S Ganguly ...for the State.

Petitioner is in custody for more than 350 days. He prays for bail.

Learned lawyer for the State opposes the bail prayer. We have considered the materials on record. Narcotic substance i.e. 22 kgs of ganja was recovered from the petitioner.

Under such circumstances and in view of the statutory restrictions under section 37 of the NDPS Act we are not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, prayer for bail is rejected.

Trial court is directed to expedite the trail and conclude the same at an early date.

(Subhendu Samanta,J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)